On Sun, 14 Mar 2004, Bryan Newell wrote: > I thought that the Sorceress in Green was the "Athyra" who ruled Norathar > wasn't "pure" back before the Interregnum. That's correct - but she just had to fool a few people at the time, and she could well have altered her appearance in any case - Paarfi notes in _TPotD_ that she chooses to look 200-300 years old. Also note that in accord with my theory that Yendis are cuckoos, perhaps the SiG has some trace of Athyra genes, explaining both her skill and her ability to pass. I recently learned that an acquaintance of mine is half-Asian half-Jewish. I had her categorized as "olive-complected person", but when informed of her heritage I could note certain distinguishing features of her face. As her heritage is irrelevant to how I treat her (I hope), I hadn't bothered to look for those features. I imagine that in the case of Khaavren/Daro and Vlad/SiG, something similar was in operation - the former didn't much care about the house of the latter (who was out-of-league or rude, resp.) and just relied on the crudest outward signs until later events made the question important.